Glancy elected chair of Wayne County Airport Authority board

The Wayne County Airport Authority board elected Alfred R. Glancy III as its chairman for 2014.

Board members also elected Mike Jackson as vice-chair and Mary Zuckerman as secretary.

Glancy, executive chairman of Seattle, Wash.-based Unico Investment Group LLC and former chairman and CEO of MCN Energy Group Inc. and its principal subsidiary Michigan Consolidated Gas Co., served as the WCAA board's vice-chair in 2013 and has been chair of its ethics committee since July 2012, said Michael Conway, director of public affairs for the WCAA.

Glancy has held chairman positions at metro Detroit organizations including Detroit Renaissance Inc., Detroit Medical Center, New Detroit and Detroit Economic Growth Corp., and currently is the chairman emeritus of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra,according to a news release.

Other community organizations' boards Glancy serves on are Citizens Research Council of Michigan, Business Leaders for Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts and Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan.

He earned an economics degree from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

The airport authority board has seven members. Four are appointed by the Wayne County executive, two by the governor and one by the Wayne County Commission. All members serve a six-year term.